The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-12-31

ostentation that boundless wealth COM
mands, yet she left behind her a memory
dry as the withered leaves. The other is
gently laid to rest with only such inst trib-
ute as sorrowing love affords, but leaves
behind a memory fragrant with blessings /.
forevermore. No more beautiful tribute
was ever paid to woman than that paid by
four little news-bovs to Mrs. John Jacob
Astor As they bore the body out of the
church each of the little fellows, who had
been unable to obtain admittance, threw
little bouquet under the feet of the pail
bearers. Each Of the boys had a little piece
of Grape around the sleeve of his ragged
coat, and at the coffin passed they leaned
against the iron railing and cried as is their
hearts would break. The loss of Catherine
N. Wolfe and Mrs. John Jacob Astor is a
heavy one to the poor of this city. Where
shall we find two woman who will ill their
placesP
1t Is not pleasant In the holidays to hear
the cry Of hard times, but we do hear it,
and hearing it set me to thinking. l was
going along the wharves the other day and
to my amazement l saw a number of ves-
sells unloading potatoes. Where is this
vessel from? 1 inquired of one, From
Archangel, replied the man l questioned.
And where are you from? inquired Of
another. From Sweden: and youp f'om
Holland and youP from Germany and youp
from Ireland; and you? from Denmark.
Here were FIVE large vessels unloading
thousands of barrels of potatoes which they
had brought thousands of miles and were
selling at a satisfactory profit. Walking
about the streets of New York are thousand,
Of men idle, while on Long Island and New
Jersey, and in fact throughout our country
are thousands of acres unvexed by plough
or spade; and here are we importing hun
dreds of thousands of dollars worth of po-
tatoes, and to-day barrel Of potatoes is
worth more in New York than barrel Of
oranges raised thousands of miles away.
There is screw loose somewhere in the
labor market when the United States is
importing potatoes from starving Ireland
and down-trodden Russia.
At the present time we are suffering a
mild sort of lunacy with musical prodigies.
Josef Hoffman,, a miniature musical
miracle, has turned the heads of half the
susceptible women in town, but as the
young gentleman is only ten years of age
j and not yet out of his knickerbockers, we
are not in immediate dread of serious con.
1; sequences; if he were ten years older there
t might be some domestic earthquakes. The
. boy is a wonder. Musicians as a genera
!: thing are an exceedingly clannish and
: jealous set, but the oldest of them take of
g their hats to Josef. Every concert saloon
: and minstrel show now has its musica
Il wonder. The woods are full of 'em.
y The horse car will have to go. This weel
!. the electric railway commences running
t between Jamaica and Brooklyn. The dis
o tance is six miles and will be made in abou
thirty minutes; the cars at night beinl
y brilliantly lighted and heated by electricity
: per cent. less than horses; if this is so, /
e means larger dividends, and expect befor
IS many months to see horses banished from
70 the street railroads of New York.
. The Russian Kirmess, the Masonic Fair
" the marriage of Berry Wall, the king o
= dudes; the great Republican gathering, tn
= Dog Show, the Poultry Show, the fight o
- bank cashier with 1925, 200, five priz
- fights, the reception of Miss Morris, whicl
- cost $i5, 900, and the Patriarch's Ball a
- Delmonico's, all have lent pleasurable ex
- element to the week; and, thanking Preyi
- dence with grateful heart for all of 1t
" blessings, and wishing you all merr
D Christmas, BROADBRIM,